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The 44 most-read hard rock artists based in London, by Wikipedia readership in August 2026. Movement compares against July 2026.
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44 artists are tagged hard rock in London. The biggest move was Blackfoot Sue, up 3 places.
| # | Artist | Readers | 30d |
|---|---|---|---|
01 | Led Zeppelinhard rock, rock | 196,677 | 0 |
02 | The Whorock, hard rock | 91,838 | 0 |
03 | Motörheadheavy metal, hard rock | 50,256 | 0 |
04 | The Culthard rock, post-punk | 36,209 | 0 |
05 | Uriah Heephard rock, progressive rock | 35,139 | +1 |
06 | Bad Companyblues rock, hard rock | 30,850 | +1 |
07 | Lita Fordhard rock, glam metal | 29,778 | -2 |
08 | Status Quorock, boogie rock | 26,770 | 0 |
09 | Freeblues rock, hard rock | 24,028 | 0 |
10 | Foghatblues rock, hard rock | 18,321 | +1 |
11 | Ten Years Afterblues rock, british blues | 17,377 | -1 |
12 | Jeff Beck Grouprock, blues rock | 11,131 | +1 |
13 | Argentprogressive rock, pop rock | 9,926 | -1 |
14 | Richie Faulknerhard rock, heavy metal | 9,274 | 0 |
15 | Michael Schenker Grouphard rock, heavy metal | 6,365 | +1 |
16 | Girlschoolheavy metal, hard rock | 6,248 | -1 |
17 | Fastwayhard rock | 5,782 | 0 |
18 | Thunderblues rock, hard rock | 4,352 | +1 |
19 | The Quireboysblues rock, glam metal | 3,368 | -1 |
20 | Phil Soussanhard rock, heavy metal | 2,080 | +1 |
21 | Leaf Houndhard rock, heavy psych | 1,663 | +2 |
22 | West, Bruce & Laingblues rock, hard rock | 1,646 | +2 |
23 | Girlglam rock, hard rock | 1,638 | -1 |
24 | Strayhard rock, heavy psych | 1,443 | -4 |
25 | The Gunpsychedelic rock, acid rock | 1,383 | 0 |
26 | Russell Gilbrookhard rock, progressive rock | 1,235 | 0 |
27 | Inglorioushard rock | 1,021 | +2 |
28 | Deadland Ritualhard rock | 935 | 0 |
29 | High Tideheavy psych, psychedelic rock | 921 | -2 |
30 | Senseless Thingshard rock, indie rock | 833 | 0 |
31 | Blackfoot Sueglam rock, hard rock | 784 | +3 |
32 | Tempesthard rock, progressive rock | 720 | +1 |
33 | May Blitzhard rock, progressive rock | 643 | +2 |
34 | Blossom Toespsychedelic pop, baroque pop | 632 | -2 |
35 | Lionheartrock, hard rock | 598 | -4 |
36 | Hookfoothard rock | 550 | +2 |
37 | As Lionshard rock | 489 | -1 |
38 | Hard Stuffhard rock, classic rock | 483 | -1 |
39 | Fuzzy Duckprogressive rock, hard rock | 350 | 0 |
40 | The Winkieshard rock, pub rock | 240 | 0 |
41 | Skyscraperalternative rock, grunge | 189 | +2 |
42 | Primal Rock Rebellionhard rock, alternative metal | 131 | 0 |
43 | THE*GA*GA*Shard rock | 118 | -2 |
44 | Tokyo Dragonshard rock | 62 | 0 |
How this is ranked. Artists are matched from the MusicBrainz database by genre and by the area they are based in. An artist appears in a genre when at least 15% of their genre votes are for it. Position is set by readership of their English Wikipedia article in August 2026; movement compares that against July 2026. Readership measures public attention, not streams or sales.